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Consumables
The site shows my consumables make up 15.84 tons CO2, yet food (which accounts for a little less than 2 tons) is the only consumable that appears. Is BP making a conjecture about my consumables (similar to shared services)? If so, a footnote to this effect should appear because I have no idea where the other 14 tons are coming from.
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Inappropriate?Sarah,
You've put your finger on another big issue.
The goods and services Americans consume are the source of a huge chunk of our individual carbon footprints -- and most carbon calculators just sidestep this part of the picture. We want our accounting to consider ALL the lifecycle climate impacts of a person's lifestyle. (A complete, cruising-altitude view of all that I do that has an impact, and that shows me where there's real room for improvement -- that's surely what I want, myself!)
My understanding is that while there's solid data about one's overall consumables footprint, we've got some work to do yet in sourcing and baking into the calculator data about consumables that allows for the same sort of thorough inventory of habits and choices that you'll experience with, for example, the Transportation-footprint calculator. That's where we're headed, for sure, and you'll see more detail here going forward.
Meanwhile: I'm going to find out the details of what's figured into that 14 tons of "unidentified" consumables footprint, and -- as you've suggested -- craft some explanatory language for this page. Thanks so much for the thought!
Cheers,
Ian
I’m eager to see this section improve.
